Civil Service Staff Data

Thursday, 18 April 2019

Questions (327)

Barry Cowen

Question:

327. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18347/19]

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Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

Staff by grade and gender at 31 December 2016.

Grade Level	Number of Persons Employed	Number of those female
Secretary General	1	0
Assistant Secretary	5	0
Principal Officer	22	6
Assistant Principal Officer	102	40
Higher Executive Officer	67	43
Administrative Officer	82	39
Executive Officer	137	74
Staff Officer	7	5
Clerical Officer	112	76
Services Officer	16	3
State Industrial	88	34
Total	639	320

Staff by grade and gender at 31 December 2017

Grade Level	Number of Persons Employed	Number of those female
Secretary General	1	1
Assistant Secretary	4	0
Principal Officer	18	5
Assistant Principal Officer	103	46
Higher Executive Officer	70	43
Administrative Officer	81	37
Executive Officer	147	82
Staff Officer	0	0
Clerical Officer	100	69
Services Officer	18	6
State Industrial	107	38
Total	649	327

Staff by grade and gender at 31 December 2018

Grade Level	Number of Persons Employed	Number of those female
Secretary General	1	1
Assistant Secretary	3	0
Principal Officer	23	6
Assistant Principal Officer	104	46
Higher Executive Officer	71	45
Administrative Officer	83	35
Executive Officer	161	92
Staff Officer	0	0
Clerical Officer	80	53
Services Officer	16	5
State Industrial	101	34
Total	643	317

My Department reports staffing numbers to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on a quarterly basis: it is anticipated that, when finalised, the report for Q1 2019 will show an increase of women at senior grades.